DefenceTalkThe Russian Aerospace Forces will receive first units of the Sukhoi T-50 (PAK FA) fifth-generation fighter aircraft in 2017, Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev, the Russian Aerospace Forces commander, said Saturday. “There are five [T-50 fighters] at the [Russian] Chkalov’s State Flight Testing Center, they are being tested, and beginning in 2017 they will be arriving […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-air-force-to-start-receiving-sukhoi-t-50-fighters-in-2017-67606/

DefenceTalkRough estimates suggest that Moscow has spent at least $87 million for air and cruise-missile strikes in the first two weeks of its bombing campaign in Syria that began September 30. With that relatively modest investment, the Kremlin has made itself a player that cannot be ignored in the Syrian conflict as it backs ally […]https://www.defencetalk.com/is-russia-getting-its-moneys-worth-from-its-syria-campaign-65621/

DefenceTalkRussian Sukhoi 35 performing cobra maneuver .https://www.defencetalk.com/sukhoi-su-35-performing-pugachev-cobra-manoeuvre-62385/

DefenceTalkSukhoy SU-35 Russian ,(major rival.To),”+F18-F16-F15-F14. & Eurofighter Typhoon.Rafale.frenchhttps://www.defencetalk.com/sukhoi-su-35-russian-fighter-aircraft-62329/

DefenceTalkToday two Su-34 frontline bombers took off the airport of the Sukhoi Company’s branch – the V.P. Chkalov Novosibirsk aviation plant and headed to the place of deployment at one of the air bases in the South of Russia. The aircraft were handed over to the Russian Air Force several days ago. Thus, the Sukhoi […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sukhoi-delivers-su-34-bombers-to-the-russian-air-force-61200/

DefenceTalkThree Sukhoi ground attack jets shown landing in Iraq in a video released by the defence ministry are likely from Iran, a think tank said Wednesday. Iraq has purchased more than a dozen Sukhoi jets from Russia in a bid to bolster its forces in their battle against a sweeping militant offensive that has overrun […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iraqs-new-jets-likely-from-iran-experts-60040/

DefenceTalkThe aircraft entered service with the 23rd Fighter Regiment (based at the Dzemgi airfield, Khabarovsk Territory) of the Third Air Force and Air Defense Command of Russia. Today Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Russian Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev, Khabarovsk Territory Governor Vyacheslav Shport, President of the United Aircraft Corporation Mikhail Pogosyan and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sukhoi-delivers-su-35s-fighters-to-russian-air-force-50706/

DefenceTalkThe transfer ceremony of another batch of the serial Su-34 front-line bombers to the Russian Air Force was held today at the Novosibirsk branch of the Sukhoi Company — V.P. Chkalov Novosibirsk aircraft plant (NAZ). The aircraft took off and headed to the place of their deployment. Several Su-34s of the 2013 State Defense Order […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sukhoi-delivers-su-34-front-line-bombers-to-the-russian-air-force-49468/

DefenceTalkRussian designers are proceeding with development of an unmanned “sixth-generation” fighter jet, former Air Force chief Pyotr Deinekin said Monday. “The sixth generation of aircraft will most likely be pilotless. Naturally, we are actively working on this,” Deinekin said in an interview with RIA Novosti. Russia will probably not be able to skip a generation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-developing-unmanned-next-generation-fighter-48880/

DefenceTalkRussia has signed an agreement to sell Vietnam a dozen Sukhoi-30 multirole combat aircraft for more than $600 million (450 million euros), Russian news agency Interfax reported Tuesday. The fighters which can travel twice the speed of sound will be delivered in 2014 and 2015 under the deal signed last week, according to a military-diplomatic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-sells-vietnam-12-sukhoi-fighters-report-48837/